Bracelet watch-holder.



'A. C. BEGKEN.

BRACELET WATCH HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 2a, 1913.

1,093,758. Patented Apr. 21, 19m

IEQQIHW rwenki z/ ALBERT o. IBECKEN, or cHIoAso, ILLINOIS.

BRACELET WATCH-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 21, 1914.

Application filed June 23, 1913. Serial No. 775,338.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ALBnR r C. BEGKEN, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of Chicago, county of Cook, and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bracelet Watch- I-Iolders, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to bracelet watch holders and has for its object the construction of a holder for watches, lockets, etc, which may be conveniently secured to the wrist by the use of one hand only.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is an elevation of a watch and holder in its closed position as it is upon the wrist of a wearer; Fig. 2 is a similar elevation with the locking part of the bracelet in unlocked pothe contour of the lower half of the wrist,

and terminating in a tongue B located between two hooks C. The tongue and hooks are integral with the part A, and hinged in these parts is a locking lever or clasp D. These parts are similar in construction and operation to the clasps or buckles on ordinary arctics and do not need detail description As is well known in such clasps, the part D may be moved by hand from the position shown in Fig. 1 to the position shown in Fig. 2, and vice versa, and the part D will be held in either position by the spring action of the tongue B. Similarly secured to the other side of the watch W is a short piece E, and hinged at F to this piece is a curved spring part G. The hinge at F is the same as the hinge connection between A and D, and permits the part G to be moved from the position shown in Fig. 1 to the position shown in Fig. 3. The joint F also acts to hold the parts G in either of these positions in the same way that the connection between A and D acts to hold the part D in either of the positions shown. For convenience, a hinge of the character of that at F will be called a snap joint, and the part D with its associated connections will be called a locking device.

Connected by a plain hinge H to the part G, is a link J having slots K through which and the part G is closed down as shown in Fig. 2. In this condition the snap joint F holds the bracelet in position on the wrist with a moderate force sufiicient to enable the operator to connect the parts J and D without danger of displacing the bracelet during such connecting operation.

What I claim is 1. In a bracelet holder, a watch, a spring secured to one side of the watch and shaped to correspond in form to a portion of the circumference of the wrist, a second spring secured to the other side of the watch and shaped to correspond in form to the opposite side of the wrist, a snap oint in the connection between the second spring and the watch, and a locking device for holding the second spring for displacement on its snap joint. I

2. In a bracelet holder, a watch, a spring secured to one side of the watch and shaped to conform substantially to the form of the wearer, a second spring secured to the other side of the watch and shaped to correspond to the other side of the wrist, a hinge in the form of a snap joint by which one side of the bracelet may be opened, and locking devices for securing the two sides of the braclet together when closed.

3. In a watch holder, a watch, a spring secured to one side of the watch and shaped to correspond to one side of the wrist of the wearer, a second spring secured to the other side of the watch and shaped to correspond to the other side of the wrist, and adjustable locking devices for securing the free ends of the springs together on the side of the wrist opposite the watch.

Signed at Chicago, Illinois, this 20th day of June 1913.

ALBERT G. BEOKEN.

Witnesses:

ADoLPII MUELLER, HARRY J. Honors.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five centseach, by addressing the commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G. 

